1. بادِرْ بعيشِكَ فالنعيمُ مخيّم

    وملاءةُ البستان في تفويف

    Hasten to enjoy your life, for bliss has pitched its tent,

    And the garden’s mantle is striped.

  2. والطير مُغْتَرِدٌ عليه يشوقُه

    جَيَدٌ بأعناقِ الغصون الهيفِ

    And the birds warble over it, stirred to longing by

    The graceful length of the slender boughs’ necks.

  3. تصغي له أذُنُ الطروبِ فينثني

    والشوقُ مِلْء فؤادِه المشغوفِ

    The rapt listener’s ear attends to it, and he turns,

    With longing filling his love-stricken heart.